Developing Workplace Gratitude, Culture, and Well-being

Immerse yourself in a wealth of insightful articles designed to nurture workplace gratitude, enhance employee well-being, and foster a thriving workplace culture. This category presents innovative strategies and practical tips that will bolster employee engagement, encourage team building, and boost overall productivity.

Cultivating Connection and Positivity in the Workplace

Discover the transformative power of regular check-ins and small gestures of appreciation in strengthening workplace relationships. Explore how incorporating elements of happiness, like pet-friendly policies or the surprise delight of cat videos, can enhance employee well-being and inject joy into your daily work environment. Additionally, understand the role of nutrition in promoting both individual and collective happiness in the workplace.

Harnessing Gratitude and Celebrating Values

Uncover the profound effects of practicing gratitude in the workplace, from expressing heartfelt thanks to planning appreciation events. Get inspired by thought-provoking TED Talks that reveal how gratitude can rewire the brain, foster positive relationships, and increase happiness. Moreover, learn the importance of celebrating teams and organizational values to underscore that your business is about people and values, not just work and the bottom line.

Navigating New Ways of Working

With the evolving work landscape, learn how to adapt to new ways of working and retain top talent, particularly in remote and hybrid environments. Appreciate the significance of random acts of kindness and gratitude in creating a supportive workplace atmosphere. Furthermore, understand the critical role of mental health and well-being, especially in the current mental health crisis.

Reboarding with a Focus on Gratitude and Well-being

As you reboard employees, seize the opportunity to reinvigorate your workplace culture with a focus on gratitude. Find out how to make employee appreciation a central pillar in your workplace, fostering a positive and engaging culture as you navigate the new normal.

Embark on the exciting journey of cultivating a vibrant and grateful workplace, where every employee feels valued and motivated. Happy reading!



  • Why and How to Start Building a Healthy Workplace

    Employee health and fitness matter to every business.

    Employee Health and Fitness Day is Coming Up!

    Held annually on the third Wednesday of May, Employee Health and Fitness Day is an excellent opportunity to show support for all things wellness. Why? Because employee health should be prioritized year-round, and this is a great day to share that commitment with employees. Read on for why you want to create and maintain a healthy workplace and ideas for how to celebrate.

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  • 9 Ways to Kickstart Employee Wellness Goals

    Employee wellness goals are easy to achieve by supporting healthy habits.

    Encourage and reward employee wellness goals like shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables. World Health Day is April 7! (Photo via USDA, Flickr)

    Spring is here, and World Health Day is April 7 — two good reasons to set employee wellness goals this month to support and engage healthier habits in your workplace!
    Most employees aren’t even aware of the wellness benefits their company offers. According to the Transamerica Center for Health Studies 2017 Consumer and Employer surveys, 62 percent of employers say they provide employee wellness programs — yet only 40 percent of employees say their organizations offer them.
    “The survey isn’t the first source to show a disconnect between how employers and workers view their wellness programs,” HR Dive noted. A 2017 Willis Towers Watson survey showed 81 percent of employers said their wellness programs were meeting workers’ needs, but 61 percent of employees disagreed. (more…)

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  • Sharing Employee Gratitude Keeps Holiday Stress Away

    Share your holiday employee gratitude

    Put a big smile on employees’ faces by spreading gratitude in your workplace this holiday season. (Photo via USASAC, Flickr)

    Prioritizing employee gratitude helps keep holiday stress from hijacking your workplace.
    Fun activities with a focus on wellbeing, appreciation and making social connections are the antidote to the kind of stress that can distract employees and derail productivity over the holiday season.
    Keeping employees engaged and healthy is particularly difficult during the holiday season. The weeks between Thanksgiving and the New Year offer a lot of challenges when it comes to productivity, illness and work performance,” Forbes contributor Alan Kohll writes. (more…)

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  • Employee Christmas Gifts Aren’t Complete Without Gratitude

    Your employee Christmas gifts aren’t complete without an expression of gratitude.

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    Simply choose your design and give us your personal message of holiday appreciation for recipients. We create your custom card and can even add your company logo or management signature if you like. gThankYou Gratitude Cards are the perfect addition to make your employee Christmas gift meaningful and memorable.

    We’re excited to unveil new Gratitude Card designs for the 2017 winter holidays, adding to dozens of favorites to fit any company culture and occasion.
    It’s absolutely essential to show your appreciation to employees, at the holidays and year-round.
    A paycheck isn’t enough, no matter how generous.
    A new study from Payscale shows that how employees feel about their organization’s approach to pay and compensation has a higher impact on their job satisfaction than the actual amount they are paid. (more…)

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  • Workplace Benefits: Perfect for Back-to-School

    flexible workplace benefits are especially valued during back-to-school

    Make it easy for employees to adapt to back-to-school routines with flexible workplace benefits. (Photo via U.S. Department of Agriculture, Flickr)

    It’s back-to-school time! Are you engaging employees with flexible workplace benefits — benefits that ease the transition from summer vacation to the demands and routines of the start of school?
    Flexible workplace benefits consider employee experience in practical ways that help employees manage work-life balance.
    “Employee experience” is a relatively new concept in HR. As author and futurist Jacob Morgan writes for Inc., it works best in tandem with employee engagement.
    “By combining employee engagement and experience to work together, organizations can build an environment where employees feel valued,” Morgan writes.
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  • Workplace Incentives That Turn Goals to Reality

    Workplace exercise incentives that work!

    Cash doesn’t work, so what are the workplace exercise incentives that actually motivate? (Photo via Global Panorama, Flickr)

    It’s time to rethink workplace exercise incentives involving cash.
    New research shows money does little to motivate gym visits, even among people who have the intention of exercising more.
    The experiment, conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, randomized about 800 new gym members into four groups.
    The control group received $30 after six weeks, unconditionally. The other groups were rewarded for going to the gym at least nine times in the first six weeks of membership — with a $30 Amazon gift card, a $60 Amazon gift card or an item of their choosing from Amazon worth about $30, respectively.
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  • Workplace Friendships Drive Organizational Culture

    workplace friendships build stronger workplace cultures

    Workplace friendships help better communication, collaboration and creativity. (Photo via livedowntowngames, Flickr)

    Workplace friendships used to be commonplace.
    Now workplace experts say they’re beginning to make a comeback, particularly among men — and that’s good news for organizational culture.
    With World Friendship Day coming up on August 6, take a moment to consider the important role of workplace friendships at your company. It’s a great time to plan low-key but engaging activities that celebrate friendships among employees and coworkers.
    Workplace friendships don’t have to come at the expense of meeting work goals, according to Fast Company.
    One study showed that “skipping the small talk and focusing on self-disclosure and nonwork-related topics can forge a closeness that makes coworkers more collaborative, productive, and accountable.” (more…)

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  • How to Nurture a Sense of Workplace Belonging

    How to build a sense of belonging in the workplace

    Nurturing a sense of belonging in the workplace is essential for productive workplace culture. (Photo via Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts, Flickr)

    What are we really talking about when we say “employee engagement”? A workforce that shares a sense of belonging in the workplace, for starters.
    This is the new evolution of engagement: really drilling down to core concepts to better understand business jargon.
    “Engagement is, as I like to joke, a six-dollar word that consultants say when people like what they do and want to come to work everyday,” executive coach and educator John Baldoni writes in a Forbes column on developing engagement.
    When an employee has a sense of belonging in the workplace, it “connotes ownership,” Baldoni writes. (more…)

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  • What’s Trending in Workplace Gratitude?

    What's trending in workplace gratitude?

    What’s trending? More workplace gratitude! (Image via FutUndBeidl, Flickr)

    As the value of workplace gratitude gets more recognition, leaders are exploring its impact and studying how to better implement it.
    The power of a positive, appreciation-driven culture is clear.
    Employees at organizations with positive cultures scored significantly higher scores in leadership caring, confidence and listening, a CultureIQ poll found. (more…)

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  • Want a Happier Workplace? Practice Gratitude

    Share your employee gratitude with a sincere Thank You!

    Employee gratitude is the shortcut to workplace happiness. (Photo via Nogran, Flickr)

    What comes first, employee gratitude or employee happiness?
    Gratitude!
    We can “live for days on just a little gratitude,” as this adorable Gaping Void art illustrates.
    It’s tempting to let perfectionism and “happiness-chasing” get in the way of actual workplace happiness.
    Recall all the times you’ve thought to yourself, We’ll be happy as soon as we get through this project, or My team needs get better at A, B and C — then we’ll be happy! (more…)

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  • Great Workplace Culture Through Public Service

    Building great workplace culture with your team.

    Building great workplace culture doesn’t just happen inside the workplace. Sometimes going out into the community with your team is the best way to strengthen company culture.
    The United Nations’ Public Service Day is June 23, and it’s an opportunity for this kind of culture-building community outreach.
    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describes Public Service Day as a celebration of the individuals and organizations dedicated to “serving people and improving the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.”
    What does serving the public good have to do with building great workplace culture? A lot, it turns out. (more…)

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  • Employee Welcome Gifts Help Your Company

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    Hang out your “welcome” sign! Welcome gifts for new hires and interns builds workplace gratitude from day one. (Photo via Bob Duran, Flickr)

    Employee welcome gifts for new hires and interns send a message from day one that your company values and appreciates its staff.
    Welcome gifts show your company is ready and excited for their contributions.
    At the San Francisco office of ad agency DDB, new employees on their first day are chauffeured to work in a Town Car. Flowers, a hoodie and a water bottle greet them at their desk. (more…)

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  • Incentives for Workplace Health & Fitness

    wellness incentives for the workplace

    Reward employees with wellness incentives like gThankYou! Certificates for Groceries or Fruits & Vegetables. (Photo via U.S. Department of Agriculture, Flickr)

    Wellness incentives help reward and encourage healthy employee choices like regular exercise, annual checkups, smoking cessation and nutritious cooking.
    If your company isn’t already using wellness incentives, now’s a great time to start!
    May is Global Employee Health and Fitness Month, with Employee Health and Fitness Day celebrated the third Wednesday of the month.
    All month, organizations across the country are raising awareness about the benefits of a healthy workplace.
    Healthy employees are better employees.
    A study of more than 20,000 employees at three large, geographically dispersed U.S. companies found (more…)

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  • It’s Time to Improve Your Employee Development Skills

    Investing in employee development skills is critical.

    Want to improve your employee development skills? First, start an open discussion with staff. (Photo via US Army Corps of Engineers, Flickr)

    New research analysis by Gallup shows only two in 10 employees “strongly agree that their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work.” Are you sure your management team’s employee development skills are working effectively?
    Even if your company is above average at employee development, there’s an “immediate disruption” happening in the workplace that is a game changer for everyone.
    That’s according to Gallup’s new research paper Re-Engineering Performance Management. The old ways of handling employee development and recognition simply aren’t working, the paper explains, and it’s time for HR to reevaluate and overhaul. (more…)

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  • How to Build a Joyful Employee Experience

    How do you cultivate a joyful employee experience?

    Is joy possible at work? YES! Help create a joyful employee experience for your team. (Image via AJ Cann, Flickr)

    Joy isn’t an emotion we typically associate with the workplace — but it should be! Cultivating a joyful employee experience is the kind of investment that results in long-term engagement.
    Focusing on employee experience is gaining traction as the new, more sustainable way to tackle low engagement.
    “Inside of most organizations around the world, employee engagement has simply become a way to force employees to work in outdated workplace practices while giving them perks to make them happy,” author Jacob Morgan writes for Inc. (more…)

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  • 11 TED Talks to Inspire Workplace Culture

    Ted Talks to build better workplace culture

    Want a better workplace culture? Get inspired first by pioneers like software titan Stephanie Shirley, pictured here. (Photo via Steve Jurvetson, Flickr)

    Want to build a better workplace culture? Join the club. The way we work is changing, and companies are scrambling to catch up.
    “The necessity of workplace culture is a recent phenomenon,” according to a column in The Commentator. “It’s clear that in order to attract, retain and engage the modern workforce, companies must intensify their focus on improving company culture.”
    That’s because employees in all industries now are expecting work that is meaningful and engaging — and to be appreciated for it, beyond a paycheck.
    Employees are also “pushing employers to forego traditional structures,” according to Gallup research. (more…)

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  • Let’s Talk: World Health Day at Work

    world health day in the workplace

    Start a conversation with employees to mark World Health Day in the workplace on April 7. (Photo via hoffnungsschimmer, Flickr)

    Start a conversation with employees to mark World Health Day in the workplace this week.
    Held every year on April 7, World Health Day is an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to mobilize action around a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.
    The 2017 theme is combating depression, with the slogan “Let’s Talk.”
    Depression affects people of all ages, from all walks of life and in all countries, according to WHO’s free campaign essentials for World Health Day. Depression creates fallout in all aspects of a person’s life, even on the job. (more…)

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  • 6 Days to a More Mindful Workplace

    Be mindful. 6 Days to a more mindful workplace.

    April is Stress Awareness Month. Build a more mindful workplace daily by focusing on wellbeing and gratitude with employees. (Image via libookperson, Flickr)

    A mindful workplace is your buffer against the kind of employee stress that disrupts productivity, drains happiness and drives high turnover.
    With Stress Awareness Month coming up in April, now’s the time to plan workplace activities focused on stress awareness — and to give employees the tools they need to handle stress before it takes over.
    The first step toward busting stress is mindfulness. (more…)

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  • 8 Everyday Ways to Grow Workplace Happiness

    Easy ways to grow workplace happiness

    Stop, and smile often! Even quick mindfulness exercises can increase workplace happiness. (Photo via Lorie Shaull, Flickr)

    Do you and your team need a workplace happiness boost? Time to find new ways to strengthen and grow workplace happiness!

    Today is International Day of Happiness! In celebration, make a commitment to increase the happiness levels at your company this spring.
    We spend at least a third of our lives at work, according to Lifehack, and “this can be a scary fact for some to face.”
    “Because so much of your life is spent at work, a huge deciding factor in your wellbeing is whether or not you’re happy at work,” Lifehack’s Matt Valentine writes. (more…)

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  • Building Employee Happiness, the Mister Rogers Way

    Building employee happiness the Mister Rodgers Way

    Fred Rogers delighted children for decades on television, but we can still learn from him as adults about workplace leadership and building employee happiness. (KUHT, Wikimedia Commons)

    Fred Rogers delighted children for decades on television, but even as adults we can learn and be inspired by his legacy for better workplace leadership and building employee happiness.
    Employee happiness is on our minds these days because International Day of Happiness is this Monday, March 20.
    It’s also Mister Rogers Day — or “Sweater Day,” an effort to get people everywhere to wear Rogers’ trademark cardigan in honor of the beloved children’s entertainer and his show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Rogers would have turned 89 this March 20.
    Generations of children grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood from 1963 to 2001. (more…)

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